Halima Abubakar accuses colleagues of abandonment amid health struggles

By Tosin Brown

Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar has accused her colleagues in the industry of abandoning her, stating that she has been left to struggle alone despite selling all her assets to survive.

The ailing Abubakar further claimed that nothing is wrong with her medically, yet no one in Nollywood speaks to or relates with her anymore.

“There is nothing wrong with me medically now. Everybody in Nollywood, they don’t talk to me anymore because of this singular thing. Everybody. I go from DM to DM trying to see who will help me. I was rich. I sold everything—my cars.

“Everything! You would think they would sympathize with me, selling three cars, not doing anything. How would I live when I am not working?”

Abubakar has publicly called for financial assistance, revealing her ongoing struggles in an emotional video shared on her Instagram page on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.

Halima disclosed that she has been struggling to make ends meet.

She said, “People are confused about what is going on. I am not feeling well up until now. I am just good at being strong and pretending that I am okay. This is me, but every day you see me post a picture with a filter. That is a filter on TikTok, not me. This is how I look. Some of you will be laughing. What is funny? Will I be lying? Why would somebody say I am lying? Lying about what? That I am sick?”

The actress further revealed that she relocated to the village for a year while undergoing treatment and dismissed claims that she was faking her illness.

She also shared that she has been reaching out for financial support to cover medical expenses, including multiple MRIs and treatment for high blood pressure, saying, “I have so many medical things to do. My MRI, my BP. It’s 157. What am I thinking? I haven’t done a movie for more than six years now. What do people want? For me to die? Do you want me to kill myself? I went for MRI three times.”

Halima also appealed to Nigerians to help her reach her state governor and senator for assistance.